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Political Science

Asking Questions: Techniques for Semistructured Interviews

Beth L. Leech

2002.12.1PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS

DOI: 10.1017/s1049096502001129

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In an interview, what you already know is as important as what you want to know.

Abstract

In an interview, what you already know is as important as what you want to know. What you want to know determines which questions you will ask. What you already know will determine how you ask them.

Citation format

LEECH, Beth L. Asking questions: Techniques for semistructured interviews. PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS, 2002, 35: 665–668.